Why is Googlebot getting 302s with "HEAD /" ???

Discussion in 'Reviews' started by nddb, Aug 31, 2006.

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    66.249.65.163 - - [18/Aug/2006:16:20:47 -0400] "HEAD / HTTP/1.1" 200 - "-" "Mozilla/5.0 (compatible; Googlebot/2.1; +http://www.google.com/bot.html)"
    66.249.65.163 - - [19/Aug/2006:20:38:14 -0400] "HEAD / HTTP/1.1" 200 - "-" "Mozilla/5.0 (compatible; Googlebot/2.1; +http://www.google.com/bot.html)"
    66.249.65.163 - - [19/Aug/2006:20:40:48 -0400] "HEAD / HTTP/1.1" 302 - "-" "Mozilla/5.0 (compatible; Googlebot/2.1; +http://www.google.com/bot.html)"
    66.249.65.163 - - [19/Aug/2006:20:41:48 -0400] "HEAD / HTTP/1.1" 302 - "-" "Mozilla/5.0 (compatible; Googlebot/2.1; +http://www.google.com/bot.html)"
    66.249.65.163 - - [19/Aug/2006:20:41:49 -0400] "HEAD / HTTP/1.1" 200 - "-" "Mozilla/5.0 (compatible; Googlebot/2.1; +http://www.google.com/bot.html)"

    I don't understand, I did "HEAD / HTTP/1.1" myself many times, and I never see this 302, only if I send an incorrect host in the request. Is Google sending another Host for some reason?

    (I have a domain redirecting here, is it possible that this other domain is confusing it?)
     
    nddb, Aug 31, 2006 IP